This could be a major boon for tech manual writers - you know governments - like everything documented (well - supposed to anyway).
Tons of OSS stuff is severely lacking in the documentation department - if enough governments take it up then it could create a nice tech manual industry.
The CAVE is a projection based virtual reality system developed at the Electronic Visualization Lab; it was created by Carolina Cruz-Neira, Dan Sandin, and Tom DeFanti, along with other students and staff of EVL.
Staff of EVL? Boy does that lend itself to typo abuse.
we are stuck with Win boxes as clients, but we could have a local dept. *nix security server
Its easy - you say your IT people say its "that old it's secure", well if its that old = root exploits-a-go-go. Root the box, then set up the security properly.
But... even if the benchmarks aren't biased, according to Moores law Intel will have a faster CPU in 6 months and Apple will not release a new CPU for several years.
Sir, I read with concern your misuse of the word "flies" and feel inclined to point out that asteroids do not, nor indeed are capable, of "flight" in the traditional sense no more than one of your american baseball's "flies" when struck by a batting apparatus.
Indeed it would be more accurate to describe the phenomona as "floating", however this would sound silly.
Like most things, it usually comes down to money. The cable company needs to know who uses its service so they can bill you for it, and due to the way the network works, they will know your MAC (or at least be able to trace it) anyway.
From the ISP side of things, assuming they are logging or tracking things with RADIUS etc. they will see a big list of IP addresses which they can get a MAC address for. Some cable companies make you register your MAC manually before it will be allowed to talk on the network. Others dont but will be watching - they know what you are connecting because they know which wires go to your house.
If they find an address doing something they class as "abusive" such as say downloading more than what they feel comfortable with or spamming / non-payment of bills etc, then they can just ban the offending MAC from their system forcing the customer to contact them (or if they know how, change it in your case). Obviously the "average" user wont know about such things and will call them up to "fix" their "broken internet".
If it matters what MAC is presented to the modem, then the modem is checking those MAC's against an approved list - this is probably using RADIUS - basically it will look at the MAC presented to it from your side, then check with the cable co's RADIUS server to see if the MAC is authorised. If it isnt, then your traffic doesnt get past the modem.
Its irrelevant - they know your modem's MAC address and they know where it is physically connected into their network (i.e. into the local distribution node) which will link to your home address.
I disagree. The universe is based on iterative mathmatics - patterns repeat themselves. Those tendencies in our nature will find their way into any societal structure, virtual or otherwise.
How can it be a troll? It's a simple fact. Yes the RedHat CD's contain a lot, however if you compare the average install you need more disk space for linux.
I cant believe I got called a fucking troll for saying that. What the fuck is this? apple.slashdot.org or something?
Ok it's off the wall out of the box anti-spam tactic time (I generally get critisised for attempting to solve this problem).
SPAM is successful because of a simple formula:
(Number of messages sent + cost of sending) / time = $$
Why not simply slightly revise the SMTP standard to only permit a fixed number of messages per sender over a period of time? For example only allow say 20 recipients per message per day? If you need more than that, then perhaps have some form of payment system? Isn't it a bit ridiculous to permit an unlimited number of messages? Obviously the SMTP standard was written without abuse in mind.
Coupled with other methods (such as verifying that originating domain exists (thanks a LOT verisign morons) then if the core ISP's implemented something like this it could seriously put a dent in the spammers ability to function.
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I didn't see anywhere the source of these benchmarks - I believe what they have done is multiply the SPECfp_rate_base2000 for a dual processor 2GHz G5 (which according to Apple is 15.7) and multiply it by 1100.
The thing is, that only comes to 17.27TFLOPS, and in addition it does assume that the original spec scores were accurate.
Would anyone care to shed some light onto this?
This could be a major boon for tech manual writers - you know governments - like everything documented (well - supposed to anyway).
Tons of OSS stuff is severely lacking in the documentation department - if enough governments take it up then it could create a nice tech manual industry.
Translation: I am trying to bypass anti-spam measures and I want to know what my targets are.
...about "Time" - geddit? Sorry!
Prison is for people dangerous to society. Murderers, rapists, other assorted thugs. Society isn't helped because a spammer is in jail.
And prisons typically are the places where criminals develop their trade by having professional criminal consultants all around them.
Great - now all those prisoners will come out of prison as trained spammers. DOH!
The CAVE is a projection based virtual reality system developed at the Electronic Visualization Lab; it was created by Carolina Cruz-Neira, Dan Sandin, and Tom DeFanti, along with other students and staff of EVL.
Staff of EVL? Boy does that lend itself to typo abuse.
we are stuck with Win boxes as clients, but we could have a local dept. *nix security server
Its easy - you say your IT people say its "that old it's secure", well if its that old = root exploits-a-go-go. Root the box, then set up the security properly.
What? Noone said the solution had to be legal...
Well I'm off to see Mr Izzard next month - if I think on I'll ask him.
ou aren't just a peecee idiot.
You're a mediocre peecee idiot.
See your sad ass next year when Apple is using IBM's 3ghz chip...
You know that's funny - I could SWEAR that I wrote that on my iBook, as I also write this reply on my iBook.
I assure you that the only thing my "sad ass" is doing is being laughed off - at you.
But... even if the benchmarks aren't biased, according to Moores law Intel will have a faster CPU in 6 months and Apple will not release a new CPU for several years.
Sir,
I read with dismay that as you correctly point out I have indeed, errored.
For this achievement I hereby declare you too anal to appreciate humour.
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Sir,
I read with concern your misuse of the word "flies" and feel inclined to point out that asteroids do not, nor indeed are capable, of "flight" in the traditional sense no more than one of your american baseball's "flies" when struck by a batting apparatus.
Indeed it would be more accurate to describe the phenomona as "floating", however this would sound silly.
Like most things, it usually comes down to money. The cable company needs to know who uses its service so they can bill you for it, and due to the way the network works, they will know your MAC (or at least be able to trace it) anyway.
From the ISP side of things, assuming they are logging or tracking things with RADIUS etc. they will see a big list of IP addresses which they can get a MAC address for. Some cable companies make you register your MAC manually before it will be allowed to talk on the network. Others dont but will be watching - they know what you are connecting because they know which wires go to your house.
If they find an address doing something they class as "abusive" such as say downloading more than what they feel comfortable with or spamming / non-payment of bills etc, then they can just ban the offending MAC from their system forcing the customer to contact them (or if they know how, change it in your case). Obviously the "average" user wont know about such things and will call them up to "fix" their "broken internet".
If it matters what MAC is presented to the modem, then the modem is checking those MAC's against an approved list - this is probably using RADIUS - basically it will look at the MAC presented to it from your side, then check with the cable co's RADIUS server to see if the MAC is authorised. If it isnt, then your traffic doesnt get past the modem.
Its irrelevant - they know your modem's MAC address and they know where it is physically connected into their network (i.e. into the local distribution node) which will link to your home address.
I see people say its canned - oh well.
Here is a link from 2000 if you are interested.
UK Royal Mail has offered this as a service for some years now.
I disagree. The universe is based on iterative mathmatics - patterns repeat themselves. Those tendencies in our nature will find their way into any societal structure, virtual or otherwise.
Why dont they just look at any MMORPG - examine the PK'er (Player Killer) mindset and I think you would understand the average terrorist.
I still find it a little laggy.
How can it be a troll? It's a simple fact. Yes the RedHat CD's contain a lot, however if you compare the average install you need more disk space for linux.
I cant believe I got called a fucking troll for saying that. What the fuck is this? apple.slashdot.org or something?
...er. Windows - 1 CD
Last RedHat distro I installed.. 3 CD's.
Not that want to dis Linux or anything but these days the average install seems to use more disk space than Windows.
Ok it's off the wall out of the box anti-spam tactic time (I generally get critisised for attempting to solve this problem).
SPAM is successful because of a simple formula:
(Number of messages sent + cost of sending) / time = $$
Why not simply slightly revise the SMTP standard to only permit a fixed number of messages per sender over a period of time? For example only allow say 20 recipients per message per day? If you need more than that, then perhaps have some form of payment system? Isn't it a bit ridiculous to permit an unlimited number of messages? Obviously the SMTP standard was written without abuse in mind.
Coupled with other methods (such as verifying that originating domain exists (thanks a LOT verisign morons) then if the core ISP's implemented something like this it could seriously put a dent in the spammers ability to function.
It reminds me of that /. poll - its all coming true!
What's so odd? They are going from something difficult to manage to something a little bit easier to manage that looks more pretty.
After all - the way a computer looks is the most important thing - right?
When I used to use windows, all these things would require a separate driver disk, or going to the manufacturer's website to get the drivers.
With recent versions of Windows, No, they wouldn't.